The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-26
Local News.



upon the discharge of his duties at Bar IIar-
Dor.
:, The corporator> of the CaStne and Bangor
Railroad Company will hold meeting in Cas- |
tine, June 4th to organize.
Dr. l.. W. Pendlcton. of Portland. will sail
for Europe, June 9Th, on the Cepllalonia from
Boston, and return home August 1>t.
In private note a journal reader SAWS
You are making the journal shine of late as
never before. hope it is appreciated as il
deserves"
apt ,. ;. Warner. the new commander of
me W oodbury, has assumed command of the
Vessel. and Lieut.. Thomas :. SmNthe has also
assumed his position As executive officer.
Mr.. Frank p. Wood. of Bangor, has leased
ms handsome cottage near the light house al
'lces Head, Castinc, to a prominent Episco-
pal clergyman of Boston, who will occ,Ipy il
for the season.
The Bucksport Grand Army men are csrcc-
Tally anxious that all Sons of Veterans Join
them in the observance of Memorial Dav. and
have extended the invitation TO all who may
be in the town that dav.
\ Massachusetts subscriber says: Enclosed
ind the amount Of my subscription for the
journal. | know of no investment that .ivcs
SO much satisfaction as this subscriptions
Trusting you will meet with continued sue
cess, etc.
James Libby, the venerable father of |. G.
Libby. Of Durham, made us pleasant call
Monday He has lived al Troy Corner forty
years, and sold his farm there saturday lie
wall buy Il place SomeW here on the kcnnchec
l'itt>ficd Advertiser
President Arthur Sewall. General Manager
faNson Tucker and Darius Alden ESQ, one
of the Directors of the Maine Central Rail
road arrived here on Il special train in their
private car Thursday morning on business.
ana lett for Bangor the same day.
Among the exhibitors at the recent Flower
fesiihal IN Los angeles, Cal. WAS Mrs. BRYANT
Oh highland view. who exhibited panses.
sweet peas, NerbclIis and weranilInS Mrs
hryaht Is a ncicc of Miss Augusta Wells. of
thls ciiy' and some of these flowers were raised
from seed sent from Belfast
Rev q. +. Libby, who has resided in Bi,rks-
port a large part of the time since he has been
lrrslihlg elder. moved 10 Calais last week
Where ne has been stationed by the onfcr-
ehrc. Rev VIM. Haley. formerly Il professor
III me seminary, fakes MI. Libbl'> place as
presi'iin" elder.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Fog. of IIlln,,l,n. who Recently
panied NE oysters at tastine, hi, returned to
New Haven 10 resume his work on hi oyster
steamer. If is hoped that hi Penol,Scoi BAY
n'ntllre may prove highly successful. Should
IL 90 So Nr. Fo%g will 60 into the cuisines,
very eNte -jvcly. locating near Buch-poft. Ii
VIII he an mi ortint enterprise.
Capt. SewalI q. Fletcher, OF Hughes, Point.
tsle>boro. lost his bolse and eli b, fire iuc>da,
morning May Il. Th' fire broke out early. so
ltiat they We're uIhle To get out but little of
Inc furniture The loss is estimated at 81, 900
ana there is an insurance of s.. 100 a defect
I'VE chimney was probably the cause The
barn was saved 10y tearing down an ice house
winch stood between the ell and barn.
Madame Janal>chck feel! down stair, at the
Perry House, Newport. May Is, breaking one
of the bones of her right forearm and badly
bruising her whole body 1t was stated NM
me ac'ldent would callSe the giving up of all
engagements for the season, but later accounts
say that the Madame will resume the stage
this week. We expect to have the pleasure Of
seeing Madame Janauschck in Belfast this sea
son.
The coming excursion through Aroostook
county arranged 10y that interchangeable worker
Tor The interests OF Northern Maine. Hon, Free.
Atwood, Of Wntcrport, will probably occur
june 9Th or 18th. Tickets at reduced rates
VIII be sold from all prominent stations on the
Boston ~ Maine AMI Maine Central railroads
AMI Il great number of people will doubtless
want te make the trip. The fare from Belfast
10 lfoulton and return will he Sc10 and 10
Pressure Isle and return IS. other stations
Will sell tickets in proportion. all good for
fifteen days.
We have seen an illustrated descriptive pam
1.hiet containing an exhaustive account of Los
contains a notice of the Los Angeles Rubber
stamp Company. A member of this firm j.,
m. T.. Wells. formerly Of Belfast Their
establishment Is described a. one of the best
ana most complete of the kind in this country
and their manufactures include an invention
OF MI. Wells. which prints perfectly on wood
en- or pasteboard boxes IRON tin. coppcr. or
leather. 1t is said to be an immense improve
lnent over stencil plates.
journal subscribers in distant places fire.
'luthtiy send Us papers Of their state or sec
ton; and last week we received copies of Tho.
two great rival ,iailics Of ill.,. Northwest th4
st. Paul Pioneer Press. from Mr.. II. :. French,
of Mortified, Mimi. and the SUNDAY edition
Of The Minneapolis Tribune. from Mr.. Rabbi
NJ. Perry. Assistant steward of Hotel West.
Minneapolis. The Pioneer Press is a twenty
page ana the Tribune Il twenty-four page l:i-
per The latter notes under the caption of
The Social World. that Mrs. j. H. Burke and
Mrs. }. :. Thoml- and children have ,soo,. TO
Maine for the summer.
The Penob>cot Land Company. a corporation
that owns the Fort Point and other VALUABLE,
property near the mouth of the river amouut
M III all TO about 300 acres Of shore land, ha,
applied 10 nave lis stock listed on the Boston
board. The land has been divided into 5000
lois. me company recently Organized has :,
capital stock of $400,0oo. of which nil Int
SlJ',oo, which remains in the treasury. ha,
been subscribed for. a block of 800 shares
has gone INTO the hands of Boston syndicate,
anu inc D.t!dilct l. ilcld bOth in Boston and
New York. The par value of the stock is SO.
and is expected TO start ont when listed al ~
or Sc
DEATH or Henry :. BROWN The Bangor
Wing of May 18th says: Another of Bangor :
Old and respected citizens. Mr.. Henry :.
Brown, died yesterday of disease Of the heart.
Mr.. Brown has been out of health for some
time. but was down street last Friday He was
born in Belfast May Is. 1916 and so had i,,,t
passed his seycnty -tirst year. The anniversary
Of his birth being the last time that he was out
HIS early life was passed in IIampden and he
came to this city in 1892, six wears after his
brother, William &. Brown, whose death oc-
CURED on the first day of this month. Mr.
Brown was one Of our best known citizens. be-
ING engaged all his life in the furniture bust
ness, which he carried on for many wear, on
Main, Central and Exchange streets, He wa.
twice married and leaves a widow and five
children, four sons and one daughter TO mourn
his los. lie was for many wears :; member Of
the Central congregational Church His be-
rcaNed family will have the sincere svmpatl,y
Of large circle Of friends in their great loss.
STEAMER NOTES. Capt. 5. ii. Barbour has
let the steamer ''Syer STAR in which L,. n,lr
the trip TO Florida and return. to the Conner
brothers, of Bar llarbor for the season. The
amount paid is $1,000. She will run among the
islands in the Vicinity of Bar II:rbor for thc
accommodation Of excursion parties.. The
Bangor papers say that the propeller CITY of
Gloucester, chartered as freight boat by the
H. ~ H. =. ! o., Is mot very prcpoSScSSin" in
appearance. MR.. John H. Collins, a popu-
lar cmploye on the steamer I'cnobscot and Miss
Florence Barker of Camden were married last
week in the latter place. They will live in
Bangor....Ihc City of Goucesters registry of
officers is rs follows: Captain. Capt. Il :.
Young; First Pilot, Capt. Mark l.. Ingraham
Second Pilot, Capt. Ira Farnsworth; Quarter
master, Albert Obncr; Quartcrmaster, Frank
White; Engineer, n. n Frost: Asst Enyn-
Ger, Chas. johnson; First Officer. Ed. Harr-
gan; Second Officer, Geo. Campbell; Bow
Lookout, John Oracle; Waterman, VIM. Carl
ton; Clerk. +. A. Guernsey......C Capt. Charles
Decring says he is to put steamer on from
Boston to Machias the coming summer, with
Castine the first landing from Boston. The
repairs on the katahdin are being pushed and
she will begin again on her regular trips next
Monday. The flaw in the steamer Lewiston's
shaft is to be rcmedied at once but it will be a
number of weeks before she is rllnnin. again
SUDDEN DEATH OF You've DErIST.
Charles W. Davis, Young man in the employ
of Charles Ill. Magoon, dentist of Wakefield
Mass, was found dead in his bed Tuesday
AM, May Il. He visited Boston on Monday. re-
turning about O'Clock. apparently in his usual
good health and went to work. About G3O
Mr.. Ma4oon went into the work room and
found him in great pain. DIR. Heath was sum
moned. After pre- scribing for him he left with
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